Tipping off money laundering

News / UK and world by Press Association September 25, 2018, 4:41 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter A single mother who helped her corrupt banker brother launder more than £2 million in bribes has been spared jail to look after her children – after falling pregnant again. Tatjana Sanderson, 39, who is expecting her fourth child, let Channel Island accounts in her name be used to bank the money for Anglo-Russian sibling Andrey Ryjenko, Last June Ryjenko, 45, was jailed for six years after he was convicted of taking backhanders while working for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Sanderson last month pleaded guilty to concealing, converting or transferring criminal property between September 2007 and March 2010, following a long-running bribery case which led to convictions in Britain and the United States. The Old Bailey heard the laundered money has been seized and remains in bank … [Read more...] about Corrupt banker’s sister spared jail for her part in laundering bribes

THE best friend of Gareth Bale’s fiancee who made a whopping £100,000 out of money laundering has been ordered to pay back just £10. Emma Cummings, 30, spent every penny of the cash in a desperate attempt to imitate the lifestyle of the Real Madrid star and his bride-to-be Emma Rhys-Jones. Cummings, a mum of two, purchased a fleet of top-of-the range cars and holidayed with the Bale family in Marbella, Spain. Her money laundering netted her £104,135.47 - all spent on her “extravagant luxury lifestyle.” However a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Newport Crown Court was told there was nothing left. Judge Daniel Williams ordered Cummings to repay a nominal £10 or she will be jailed for one day. Conservative MP for Monmouth David Davies blasted the court’s paltry demand from her criminal gains. He said: “This is a ludicrous decision which sends out the wrong message to would-be criminals. “People will see this as a licence to go out and … [Read more...] about Gareth Bale’s fiancee’s best pal who laundered £100k to copy footie ace’s lavish lifestyle is ordered to pay back just £10

AN ISIS terrorist tried to use cash stolen from two murdered Brits to set up a jihadi training camp, a court has heard. The fiend - known only as Mohammed G - reportedly plundered the bank accounts of murdered holidaymakers Rod Saunders, 74, and wife Rachel, 63. Rod was found dead in crocodile-infested water in South Africa last April - while Rachel's body was found nearby in June. It was later revealed in court that both bodies were thrown into the river after being horrifically murdered. ISIS were thought to be behind the pair's kidnapping. A court in Rotterdam, Netherlands, heard how Mohammed had contact with one of the kidnappers - and was ordered to loot and launder their assets. He reportedly used their stolen credit card details to buy Bitcoin online, which he then spent on Kalashnikov rifles, crossbows and swords. He also allegedly worked as an IS 'travel agent' who would arrange trips for himself and other people to join ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria. He was arrested in March … [Read more...] about ISIS fanatics plundered bank accounts of Brit couple murdered by jihadis in South Africa and used money to buy Bitcoin and fund jihadi training camp

A DIMWITTED drug dealer was nabbed by cops after showing off his huge wads of cash and luxury watches in a series of bragging photos. Brazen Mark Wainfur, 29, was found with a staggering £13,000 of cash in his pockets when cops raided his house in Newport, Wales. When specialist officers examined his phones, they found more than 26,000 drug-related photos, 400 videos, and 700 messages. One picture shows the brazen dealer posing in a huge cannabis farm. Another snap shows him with a diamond-encrusted Royal Oak Offshore watch. Prosecutor Owen Williams said: "Several photos showed him posing with huge amounts of cash. "There are images of the defendant posing with huge bundles of bank notes in the thousands." Wainfur, of Newport, Gwent, admitted being concerned in the production of cannabis and money laundering. Fugitive​ ​Sam Walker taunts police ​as he evades capture in a montage of social media posts SWEDE DREAMS Curvy model piling on 4 stone to fulfil ambition … [Read more...] about Britain’s dimmest drug dealer nailed after police found thousands of photos of him with drugs, money and Rolex watches